Reference no: EM133250061

Policy: VA Health Care Facilities - Smoke free policies

Questions

1. What is the policy lever-is it legislative, administrative, regulatory, other?

2. What level of government or institution will implement?

3. How does the policy work/operate? (e.g., is it mandatory? Will enforcement be necessary? How is it funded? Who is responsible for administering the policy?)

4. What are the objectives of the policy?

5. What is the legal landscape surrounding the policy (e.g., court rulings, constitutionality)?

6. What is the historical context (e.g., has the policy been debated previously)?

7. What are the experiences of other jurisdictions?

8. What is the value-added of the policy?

9. What are the expected short, intermediate, and long-term outcomes?

10. What might be the unintended positive and negative consequences of the policy?